1956/57 Division 3 (South)

about the programme

Twenty-four league & cup programmes isuued. All were 12 pages, apart from 3 games towards the start of the season (Watford, Brentford, Aldershot). In addition, there were four friendly issues. Two used the standard 4-page ‘friendly’ format. The other two (Bank Ostrava & MTK Budapest) were a larger-format ‘special’ issue (see below). The season opener had a few gaps for advertisers and it took until the beginning of November for all these gaps to be filled. Billy Lane had his usual 2 pages and a big change came in the way the team line-ups were published. Instead of across 2 pages, it was condensed into 1 page, still ‘topped and tailed’ by adverts. The advertising stayed much the same as the previous season, with Crosse & Blackwell and Hove Greyhound Stadium on the front & back pages respectively.

full scans - homes

Shrewsbury Town H (18/8/56) 4-3  
Albion scorers: Denis Foreman, Pete Harburn, Albert Mundy 2
Att: 17,430

Watford H (29/8/56) 2-2  
Albion scorers: Dennis Gordon, Albert Mundy
Att: 13,052

Ipswich Town H 1/9/56) 3-2  
Albion scorers: Jimmy Langley (pen), Denis Foreman, Pete Harburn
Att: 15,177

Brentford H (12/9/56) 1-2  
Albion scorers: Jimmy Langley (pen)
Att: 14,317

Torquay United H (15/9/56) 6-0  
Albion scorers: Denis Foreman 2, Frankie Howard, Albert Mundy 2, Pete Harburn
Att: 15,856

Aldershot H (26/9/56) 2-2
Albion scorers: Frankie Howard, Denis Foreman
Att: 11,861

Exeter City H (6/10/56) 3-0  
Albion scorers: Tommy Bisset 2, Denis Foreman
Att: 13,349

Coventry City H (20/10/56) 2-1
Albion scorers: Pete Harburn 2
Att: 14,225

Colchester United H (3/11/56) 0-0  
Albion scorers: n/a
Att: 13,550

Millwall (FA Cup 1st round) H (17/11/56) 1-1  
Albion scorers: Glen Wilson
Att: 15,978

Queens Park Rangers H (1/12/56) 1-0
Albion scorers: Albert Mundy
Att: 9,770

Walsall H (22/12/56) 1-3  
Albion scorers: Pete Harburn
Att: 6,733

Gillingham H (26/12/56) 3-1  
Albion scorers: Pete Harburn, Dennis Gordon, Albert Mundy
Att: 7,362

Swindon Town H (5/1/57) 2-0
Albion scorers: Denis Foreman, Des Tennant
Att: 6,370

Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic H (12/1/57) 2-2
Albion scorers: Denis Foreman, Bob Humphries
Att: 9,027

Millwall H (2/2/57) 3-2
Albion scorers: Rees Thomas, Derek Neate, Bob Humphries
Att: 9,439

Southend United H (9/2/57) 1-1
Albion scorers: Derek Neate
Att: 11,170

Southampton H (23/2/57) 1-0  
Albion scorers: Roy Jennings
Att: 8,213

Northampton Town H (9/3/57) 5-0
Albion scorers: Albert Mundy 2, Denis Foreman, Pete Harburn 2
Att: 11,922

Newport County H (23/3/57) 2-0
Albion scorers: Roy Jennings (pen), Albert Mundy
Att: 12,492

Plymouth Argyle H (6/4/57) 3-1
Albion scorers: Albert Mundy 2, Dennis Gordon
Att: 12,385

Norwich City H (20/4/57) 3-0
Albion scorers: Dennis Gordon, Albert Mundy, Glen Wilson
Att: 12,807

Crystal Palace H (22/4/57) 1-1
Albion scorers: Denis Foreman
Att: 11,382

Reading H (27/4/57) 8-3  
Albion scorers: Roy Jennings (pen), Albert Man dy 3, Denis Foreman 2, Jeff Carey, Frankie Howard
Att: 9,051

friendlies/testimonials

MTK Budapest (Benefit for Hungarian Relief Fund) H (8/12/56) 5-3
Albion scorers: Dennis Gordon 2, Denis Foreman, Jimmy Langley (pen), Pete Harburn
Att: n/a

Banik Ostrava (Benefit for Hungarian Relief Fund) H (13/3/57) 3-1.
Albion scorers: Don Clarke, Denis Foreman, Malcolm Stephens
Att: n/a

Partick Thistle (Friendly) H (4/4/57)
Albion scorers: n/a
Att: n/a

Liverpool (Friendly - for Albion players benefit fund) H (3/5/57) 0-2
Albion scorers: n/a
Att: n/a

Aways (covers only) - Div 3(S) unless stated

Thanks to Dave Forshaw for supplying some of the images below